ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,992, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).
"Pressurized soap dispenser and method" was invented by Cleary E. Mahaffey (Townsend, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser for dispensing a metered dose of foam or liquid from a reservoir includes means for applying gas pressure either directly or indirectly to a liquid contained in the reservoir for dispensing a liquid or foam through a nozzle. Instead of using a direct pump, the dispenser uses gas pressure inside the dispenser that pushes the liquid out of the reservoir without coming into contact with the reservoir. The dispenser can in...